Female Riggers

The image that appears in our minds when we hear the words “rigger” and “bunny” usually is a strong man tying a beautiful woman up. In most cases, this is true. The majority of tops are male and the majority of bottoms are female. However, this is written in stone, as female riggers are becoming more common every day.

There is a reason behind the disparity between male and female riggers. Tying requires strength, whereas playing bottom is in itself a kind of seduction, which is usually considered a female specialty. However, we have witnessed a true “gender revolution” in the past few years. Nowadays, it isn’t rare to find women with the strength and the skill to play top, and men with enough vulnerability and seductive attitude to play bottom.

The most common misunderstanding about female riggers is that they are, by definition, “tomboys”. But this is quite far from being true. Only people with really old-fashioned mindsets about gender roles still believe this. In reality, these riggers can be as feminine as they want. There is no correlation between active bondage skills and masculinity.

We can proudly say that the kink community has a welcoming attitude towards female riggers. This is no surprise. After all, in the realms of kink, all so-called “deviations” are welcome. And diversity strengthens, rather than weakens, the community.

Female riggers don’t need special considerations or quotas. They have earned a place among the best simply by their skill and commitment. Whether tying other women or men up, they display their skill unashamedly.

Female riggers are an organic innovation of Shibari. That is, they don’t contradict the essence or evolution of the art of bondage. Quite the opposite, they are deeply in accordance with the foundations of the art of the rope, the exquisite Shibari.